The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.


The L., D. & s. earned the first twenty one
days of this month, $50, 259 Increase over earn
ingz corresp pding three weeks 1886, $5,946
General Manager Beach, of the Bee-line
system, will to-day hold conference in this
city with the several division superintendents.
F. A. Peters succeeds John u. Brookman as
director in the Chicago & Eastern Illinois board
not j. E. Knapp, as stated in the Journal yes
terday.
Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines, who has been
in the city for a few days. returned to Phiiadel-
phia last evening.
The Grand Rapids e. Indiana road is showing
very handsome earnings of late. The first haif
of January An increase over the corresponding
period of 1886 OF $12, 32l is shown.
Every day brings new converts to the inter
state-commerce bill among railroad men. After
awhile. if this thing keeps on, the common car
riers may be the best friends of the bill
William Harrison, nephew of General Ben
Harrison. has been appointed agent of the b. %
q. kankakee Dispatch at Chicago, the appoint
ment to take effect on the LIST of February.
The Lake Erie q Western road seems to be
getting out of the mire financial way. The
earnings of the road the first half of January
exceed those Of the corresponding period, 1886,
$17 O0O
The Decline has been carrying % per cent of
the east-bound business out of indianapolis
thus far this year, which means that they are
earning about 81 per cent. of the revenue, as 80
per cent Of the business they forward is high
classed freight
1t is more than probable that the general Offices
of the Lake Erie & Western road, which two
years ago were removed from Lafayette to
Bloomington. ILL.,, will be moved back to Lafay-
cite. At least, this movement is under favora-
BILE consideration.
New Albany Ledger Superintendent Black,
of the j., NJ & I. railroad, has proved himself,
since the commencement of his administration,
most competent and popular Official. The bus
mess of the road has largely increased under his
excellent management
The c., l., St. l.. &, c. earned the third week
in January $52 15S 05. Increase over earnings
corresponding week, 1886. So 6lS.05. In the three
weeks, ending Jan. %, the road earned $l52,
207 IS, an increase over earnings the correspond
ing period, 1886, of $l8, 767. 76
Ed Woeber assistant cashier at the Beeine
Office, has resigned, and goes to Milwaukee, Wis.
to take the position of cashier in the American
Express Companys Office. s. G. Baxter chief
clerk of the west bound business, is promoted to
assistant cashier of the Decline.
indianapolis railway officials have been noti-
fed that the Chicago roads have again pledged
themselves 10 maintain existing east bound rates
to the letter These notices have become so
common that the general freight agents glance
at them and they are dropped into the waste
basket.
An idea of the volume of traffic carried by the
B. & o., Kankakee Dispatch, is shown in their
weekly statement. An average last week of
ninety-ive cars per day was turned over to the
Baltimore & Ohio road at Parkersburg, which is
certainly good showing for line which is still
''yearling."
Terre Haute Gazette Captain Fitch and ten of
his class in civil engineering at the Polytechnic
have gone to Newton ILL.,, where they will
vey for new railroad line from Newton to
Efingham The road is a connection of the Big
-Four, running over the l. & l. S. narroy-gauge
from Columbus, Ind, to bingham.
The rumor is again current that a portion of
the white mail service between New York and
St Louis is to be transferred from the Pennsy-
vania to the Vanderbilt lines. The fact that the
Bee-ne people building several heavy pas
| senger engines and four white mail cars of an
improved pattern tends to strengthen the report
H. j. Jewett, ex-president of the Erie, is
prominently mentioned for of the commits
sioners under the interstate commerce bin.
Should he happen to get thele, unless he is
something more than human, he will get even
with the managements OF the roads which did
him dirt. as the expression is, when he was
prominent in railroad circles.
The Indianapolis & ST Louis road, Eastern d.
vision, shows an increase in earnings the second
week of January of 1885, the Western division
| an increase of $3.50 1t is certainly graf
flying to note that all the Indianapolis roads are
| showing handsome increase in earnings with
| the opening of the new year. and that the out
look is favorable to it's continuance
II. Fl. Simpson wel1known inventor, died
| on Sunday last at Lancaster, Mass. at the age
| of eighty four. In 1927 he made the suggestion
| to railroad engineer that the fanges on the
| wheels of the cars should be on the inside in
stead of the outside, suggestion that was fol-
| lowed out with important results. the profits of
| which, however. Mr. Simpson never reaped.
The percentage of the Wabash in the east
bound pool out of here is dropping. which indi-
Gates that Judge Cooley has stepped on some of
the schemes by which the line securing so
| large per cent of the business out of Indian
| apolis. Judge Cooley promised Commissioner
| Doherty that he could get round to il
| he would give the matter attention The fact
is that Judge Cooley is a strong advocate of the
| maintenance of rates.
Shippers of dressed beef are pressing their de
mands for independent classification TO,
dressed beef. At present beef is not classified
but is taken at 70 per cent. above live stock
rates. The object in bringing the question be
fore the classification committee is no doubt fol
the purpose of laying the foundation for an ap
peal to the Interstate Railway Commission a.
soon as the bill just passed by the United States
Senate has become a law.
The purchasing committee of the Wabash are
still in dilemma regarding their reorganization
scheme. All their former plans are blightet
through the recent litigation, and they hav
asked the litigaats to name on what terms the!
are willing to reorganize 1T is questionable,
says prominent attorney. ''lf the parties VIII,
are fighting the reorganization scheme themselve
know what they want, unless it be to raise h.
and give the courts something to do"
The j.. NJ. & l. company has succeeded in eli
fecting arrangement with the representative
Of the heirs of the late Edwin Marsh by whic
} it obtains the right of way for its double trac
over the disputed property at New Albany Tn
company was unable to make any satisfactor
settlement with Mr.. Marsh during his lifetime
and had concluded to only a single tracl
along the line of his property. The right of wa
for the double track has now been secured
The reports that, as a consequence of tn
Atchison's Chicago extension, the Missouri Pa
ci6c will also add Chicago line to it's system
are indicative of the fierce fight which is boun
to occur for the immense business now begir
} ming to show itself in the Southwest The Atcf
ison management has all along been strengthen
ing itsef in every nossihla way and will 500